Supports: cabinet structure – For particular electrical device or component – Housing for computer or computer related equipment
Patent
1995-09-13
1998-03-31
Cranmer, Laurie K.
Supports: cabinet structure
For particular electrical device or component
Housing for computer or computer related equipment
3122236, 3122651, 312111, 24834603, 414940, 414935, 206711, A47B 9700, B65G 4907
Patent
active
057330247
ABSTRACT:
A modular system and a method of creating a modular system comprising a substantially rigid frame and a plurality of modules mounted at predetermined locations on the frame by means of kinematic couplings. The frame includes a main beam in the form of a spine, and a plurality of transversely extending bulkheads. The method includes creating a model of the system using rigid bodies and thereafter providing the frame and modules and securing them kinematically. The kinematic couplings comprise three pairs of aligning elements, each in the form of a male element and a contact element. The contact elements may take the form of grooves, tetrahedral depressions, or flat surfaces.
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Sauer Don
Slocum Alexander H.
Van Doren Matthew J.
Ziegenhagen, II Rodney Scott
Cranmer Laurie K.
Hansen James O.
Silicon Valley Group Inc.
Walker William B.
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